NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program (T37) | RFA MD 18 007

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The NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program (T37) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant opportunity run by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) to support structured research training in minority health and health disparities. Its core purpose is workforce development: building a stronger pipeline of researchers who can study, understand, and ultimately reduce health disparities, while also increasing participation in research among individuals from groups that are underrepresented in biomedical, behavioral, clinical, and social sciences. The program is focused on hands-on research training experiences rather than funding a traditional research project, and it emphasizes training environments and mentorship that help trainees gain real research skills, exposure to health disparities topics, and preparation for future research careers.

A central feature of the MHRT program is who it is designed to support. The award supports research training activities for eligible trainees across multiple career stages, including undergraduates, post-baccalaureate participants, and graduate students, as well as residents, fellows, and postdoctoral trainees. The intent is to create meaningful training opportunities that strengthen the diversity of the research workforce and expand the number of well-prepared investigators working on minority health and health disparities questions. The research areas can span a broad range of disciplines, reflecting NIMHDs mission and the multi-factor drivers of health disparities, including biological, behavioral, clinical, social, environmental, and structural contributors.

Training can take place at U.S. domestic institutions and, importantly, can also include training at specified foreign low- and middle-income country (LMIC) locations, as long as it is done through allowable arrangements. While non-U.S. entities are not eligible to apply as the primary applicant organization, the funding announcement makes clear that foreign components, as defined under the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed. In practical terms, that means a U.S.-based applicant organization can propose certain program elements, training placements, collaborations, or research training experiences that occur outside the United States, provided they meet NIHs requirements for foreign components and are properly justified, structured, and overseen through the U.S. grantee institution.

Eligibility to apply is oriented toward U.S. institutions of higher education and related organizations. Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, private institutions of higher education, and other eligible entities. The opportunity explicitly highlights that a number of minority-serving institutions are included among eligible applicants, such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs), Hispanic-serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs). At the same time, the announcement states that non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities are not eligible to apply, and non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are also not eligible to apply, reinforcing that the applicant organization must be U.S.-based even if some training activity includes an allowable foreign component.

Administratively, this opportunity is a discretionary grant using the NIH training-related mechanism T37. The funding opportunity number is RFA-MD-18-007, and it falls under the Health funding activity category. The CFDA numbers associated with the opportunity are 93.307 and 93.989. The opportunity was created on 2018-08-08, and the original closing date listed is 2018-10-25. The award ceiling listed is $250,000, indicating the maximum funding level per award under the terms described in the notice.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program (T37)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.307, 93.989.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2018-08-08.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-10-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others.

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